NATO rockets miss target, kill 12 Afghan civilians - AP

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

"They make a desert and call it peace" - Tacitus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100214/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

Twelve Afghans died Sunday when two rockets fired at insurgents missed their target and struck a house during the second day of NATO's most ambitious effort yet to break the militants' grip on the country's dangerous south.

NATO said two rockets from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System were aimed at insurgents firing on Afghan and NATO forces, but stuck 1,000 feet (300 meters) off their intended target.

"We deeply regret this tragic loss of life," said Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan. "The current operation in central Helmand is aimed at restoring security and stability to this vital area of Afghanistan. It's regrettable that in the course of our joint efforts, innocent lives were lost."

McChrystal said he had apologized to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the accident and had suspended the use of the rocket system until the incident can be reviewed.

[howard112211]

1. "apologized to Karzai" ...

like that Puppet gives a rats ass.

[msongs]

2. just another bunch of dead civilians. as if McChrystal really cares one way or the other nt

[Autumn]

3. Well, at least they are

liberated.:sarcasm: This is too fucking ridiculous.

[bigtree]

4. Marjah=Falljah

[G_j]

5. terrible

:cry:

[Wilms]

6. How many dead since Obama took office? n/t

[malaise]

7. The raids are a great success

Moving along - who cares if families were wiped out? This is merely collateral damage! :sarcasm: :puke:

[patrice]

8. Accidentally on Purpose? How many freelance intelligence agents are around there?

How hackable are these systems?

Was this a double?- triple?- cross?

Or just a mistake?

[bvar22]

9. They "apologized", so its all OK.

Meet Hamid Karzai
or as Obama calls him, "The Government of Afghanistan".

He was appointed by Bush the Lesser to run Afghanistan.
He is one of the most despicable criminals in The World,
But NOW we like him so much
that our children are KILLING & DIEING in the deserts of Afghanistan to keep him in power.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Just as Saddam Hussein was once our friend and ally

worms turn.

Jeebus we should just get the hell out of there.

[leftstreet]

10. K&R

sigh

[L0oniX]

12. Maybe they should practice first on a few big red barns.